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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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